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1st Time Grower Box Build - 1st Clones And New Grow - Maui Wowie - GDP - LA Kush
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Another one popped this morning. That makes two ... LOL. Figures they are going to do it one at a time .... LOL.
I'll do a picture update later on today.
I'll do a picture update later on today.
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Day 25 Flowering .............
Ok, so I got tired of my shitty little clone box. The ventilation sucks, the temps suck, the door on the front sucks. I basically built it from scrap wood ... so, no loss.
I took a bunch of trim when I lollipopped the girls the other day. I was shocked by how much it stinks up the house when I layed it out on a screen to dry. I usually just toss the trim and fan leaves on a screen to dry. But, since going to flower .... everything stinks (actually smells good .... my wife says it stinks). Alot.
So, I gave alot of thought to how I would lay out a new clone box, new veg box and enclosed drying area with a carbon filter. I decided I would put the clone/seed area up top ... where they will get higher temps. And, the veg area would be lower. All the air from those two boxes would get sucked down and across to the drying box side of the box. Then the hotter air that was sucked out of the growing area will get sucked up and through the drying racks. And up and out through a carbon filter on the ceiling. This would use the excess heat from the lights. It would also keep higher temps in my grow box .... which is needed. On the drying side, I will have 3 feet x 16 inch drawers. Each one will have screen on the bottom to let the air flow through. I will have 5 shelves in the drying area. The drying area will be 6 ft tall x 3 ft deep x 18 inches wide. Each drying rack will pull out like a drawer. I can't decide whether I want to use a 250 watt MH or a 400 watt MH in the veg area. I'm not going to be using a cool tube. So, I don't want too much heat. But, I want more light than I need in the veg area. The veg area is 3 ft x 3 ft x 4 ft tall. I can put five 5 gallon smart pots inside the veg area with room to spare.
Here is a pic of the box so far. I can't afford to get the filter, ballast and light till the first. So, all I can really do is make the drying racks and put a door in it for now. But, I can still keep clones and seeds in the small clone area since I salvaged the T5's and timer from my old clone box .....................
Here is the Clone/seedling area ............
Here is the Veg area .........
Here is where the drying racks will go ........................
I'll post more pics when it's done.
So here's the girls. The buds are really starting to stack up now. They stretched and then looked kinda dumb with these long stems. But, now the buds are starting to stack up on the stem. I hope they fill up the entire stem. Fingers Crossed.
Here's some close up bud porn. I'd tell you which bud is on which plant, but it's getting hard to tell anymore. They are all vegged together.
I mentioned in an ealier post that I am a medical marijuana patient. In WA, we can grow up to 15 plants at a time. A usable plant in WA is any plant with roots. So, seedlings and clones count. So, to stay within the law. I decided to do things in groups of 5. Aslo, the seeds I use come in packs of 5. So, this works out. I can pop 5 seeds in the clone area. When they grow out enough, they will get moved down into the veg area. If all 5 seeds pop, then I will have five in veg. So, I can put 5 more seeds in the clone/seed box. Then, when the flowering box is empty, I can move the 5 vegged plants to flower. Move the 5 seedlings down to veg. And, start another 5 seeds. This should keep me at or below (if any are males or don't germinate) my 15 plant limit. But, will make as efficient use of my available space as possible. I hope to always have 5 seeds sprouting, 5 plants vegging, and 5 plants flowering at any given time. This should also allow me to keep 5 plants worth of buds drying in the drying area. Since they dry faster then they grow, I should never run out of space. I hope that's the way it will work anyway. I just can't decide how long to veg and how long to grow in the clone box. Since timing will be what makes everything work out properly.
Ok, so I got tired of my shitty little clone box. The ventilation sucks, the temps suck, the door on the front sucks. I basically built it from scrap wood ... so, no loss.
I took a bunch of trim when I lollipopped the girls the other day. I was shocked by how much it stinks up the house when I layed it out on a screen to dry. I usually just toss the trim and fan leaves on a screen to dry. But, since going to flower .... everything stinks (actually smells good .... my wife says it stinks). Alot.
So, I gave alot of thought to how I would lay out a new clone box, new veg box and enclosed drying area with a carbon filter. I decided I would put the clone/seed area up top ... where they will get higher temps. And, the veg area would be lower. All the air from those two boxes would get sucked down and across to the drying box side of the box. Then the hotter air that was sucked out of the growing area will get sucked up and through the drying racks. And up and out through a carbon filter on the ceiling. This would use the excess heat from the lights. It would also keep higher temps in my grow box .... which is needed. On the drying side, I will have 3 feet x 16 inch drawers. Each one will have screen on the bottom to let the air flow through. I will have 5 shelves in the drying area. The drying area will be 6 ft tall x 3 ft deep x 18 inches wide. Each drying rack will pull out like a drawer. I can't decide whether I want to use a 250 watt MH or a 400 watt MH in the veg area. I'm not going to be using a cool tube. So, I don't want too much heat. But, I want more light than I need in the veg area. The veg area is 3 ft x 3 ft x 4 ft tall. I can put five 5 gallon smart pots inside the veg area with room to spare.
Here is a pic of the box so far. I can't afford to get the filter, ballast and light till the first. So, all I can really do is make the drying racks and put a door in it for now. But, I can still keep clones and seeds in the small clone area since I salvaged the T5's and timer from my old clone box .....................
Here is the Clone/seedling area ............
Here is the Veg area .........
Here is where the drying racks will go ........................
I'll post more pics when it's done.
So here's the girls. The buds are really starting to stack up now. They stretched and then looked kinda dumb with these long stems. But, now the buds are starting to stack up on the stem. I hope they fill up the entire stem. Fingers Crossed.
Here's some close up bud porn. I'd tell you which bud is on which plant, but it's getting hard to tell anymore. They are all vegged together.
I mentioned in an ealier post that I am a medical marijuana patient. In WA, we can grow up to 15 plants at a time. A usable plant in WA is any plant with roots. So, seedlings and clones count. So, to stay within the law. I decided to do things in groups of 5. Aslo, the seeds I use come in packs of 5. So, this works out. I can pop 5 seeds in the clone area. When they grow out enough, they will get moved down into the veg area. If all 5 seeds pop, then I will have five in veg. So, I can put 5 more seeds in the clone/seed box. Then, when the flowering box is empty, I can move the 5 vegged plants to flower. Move the 5 seedlings down to veg. And, start another 5 seeds. This should keep me at or below (if any are males or don't germinate) my 15 plant limit. But, will make as efficient use of my available space as possible. I hope to always have 5 seeds sprouting, 5 plants vegging, and 5 plants flowering at any given time. This should also allow me to keep 5 plants worth of buds drying in the drying area. Since they dry faster then they grow, I should never run out of space. I hope that's the way it will work anyway. I just can't decide how long to veg and how long to grow in the clone box. Since timing will be what makes everything work out properly.
Looking very good Muttt. You have alot more room to work with then me. And your a way better builder then me lol. I had to take apart my veg room when i built it because it was un even at first then readjust the doors lol. But it all works out.
Cant wait to see all of your rooms full. What way cloning worked out best for you?
Cant wait to see all of your rooms full. What way cloning worked out best for you?
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Muttt
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It was rapid rooters by far. I had about 85% success with the rapid rooters. I also learned to use the rapid rooters for seeds. They work great for seeds. 4 out of 5 of the seeds I put in the rapid rooters on Tuesday have popped. I'm sure the 5th one will pop tomorrow. Plus, with clones and seeds in rapid rooters, you can easily see when the roots pop through. They are also sooooo much easier to transplant into dirt. Just leave it in the rooter and pop it in the dirt. I may go back to bubble cloning when/if I decide to try hydro.
Hey,
As long as you stagger when you plant your seeds or take your clones that will work nicely!
Otherwise you will have too many plants!
As long as you stagger when you plant your seeds or take your clones that will work nicely!
Otherwise you will have too many plants!
Looking killer Mutt!
I love it when people decide to actually go for it, and expand!!!
Pretty exciting to watch that's for sure.
Going perpetual sounds like it should work out quite nicely for you, running 5-5-5 in corresponding areas will have you steady smokin!
The only suggestion I could think of is possibly giving the drying section it's own ventilation. Reason being that it's going to be pulling pretty high RH from the baby cab and veg cab, right into your drying area. It could possibly create some mold issues when drying.
Maybe not? just something to ponder anyway.
Love how it's coming along though.
walking the walk..
far out
I love it when people decide to actually go for it, and expand!!!
Pretty exciting to watch that's for sure.
Going perpetual sounds like it should work out quite nicely for you, running 5-5-5 in corresponding areas will have you steady smokin!
The only suggestion I could think of is possibly giving the drying section it's own ventilation. Reason being that it's going to be pulling pretty high RH from the baby cab and veg cab, right into your drying area. It could possibly create some mold issues when drying.
Maybe not? just something to ponder anyway.
Love how it's coming along though.
walking the walk..
far out
Strickly420
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The new cabinet looks good, perpetual is the way to go!
Oh and your ladies are looking lovely!
Oh and your ladies are looking lovely!
Day 25 Flowering .............
Ok, so I got tired of my shitty little clone box. The ventilation sucks, the temps suck, the door on the front sucks. I basically built it from scrap wood ... so, no loss.
I took a bunch of trim when I lollipopped the girls the other day. I was shocked by how much it stinks up the house when I layed it out on a screen to dry. I usually just toss the trim and fan leaves on a screen to dry. But, since going to flower .... everything stinks (actually smells good .... my wife says it stinks). Alot.
So, I gave alot of thought to how I would lay out a new clone box, new veg box and enclosed drying area with a carbon filter. I decided I would put the clone/seed area up top ... where they will get higher temps. And, the veg area would be lower. All the air from those two boxes would get sucked down and across to the drying box side of the box. Then the hotter air that was sucked out of the growing area will get sucked up and through the drying racks. And up and out through a carbon filter on the ceiling. This would use the excess heat from the lights. It would also keep higher temps in my grow box .... which is needed. On the drying side, I will have 3 feet x 16 inch drawers. Each one will have screen on the bottom to let the air flow through. I will have 5 shelves in the drying area. The drying area will be 6 ft tall x 3 ft deep x 18 inches wide. Each drying rack will pull out like a drawer. I can't decide whether I want to use a 250 watt MH or a 400 watt MH in the veg area. I'm not going to be using a cool tube. So, I don't want too much heat. But, I want more light than I need in the veg area. The veg area is 3 ft x 3 ft x 4 ft tall. I can put five 5 gallon smart pots inside the veg area with room to spare.
Here is a pic of the box so far. I can't afford to get the filter, ballast and light till the first. So, all I can really do is make the drying racks and put a door in it for now. But, I can still keep clones and seeds in the small clone area since I salvaged the T5's and timer from my old clone box .....................
Here is the Clone/seedling area ............
Here is the Veg area .........
Here is where the drying racks will go ........................
I'll post more pics when it's done.
So here's the girls. The buds are really starting to stack up now. They stretched and then looked kinda dumb with these long stems. But, now the buds are starting to stack up on the stem. I hope they fill up the entire stem. Fingers Crossed.
Here's some close up bud porn. I'd tell you which bud is on which plant, but it's getting hard to tell anymore. They are all vegged together.
I mentioned in an ealier post that I am a medical marijuana patient. In WA, we can grow up to 15 plants at a time. A usable plant in WA is any plant with roots. So, seedlings and clones count. So, to stay within the law. I decided to do things in groups of 5. Aslo, the seeds I use come in packs of 5. So, this works out. I can pop 5 seeds in the clone area. When they grow out enough, they will get moved down into the veg area. If all 5 seeds pop, then I will have five in veg. So, I can put 5 more seeds in the clone/seed box. Then, when the flowering box is empty, I can move the 5 vegged plants to flower. Move the 5 seedlings down to veg. And, start another 5 seeds. This should keep me at or below (if any are males or don't germinate) my 15 plant limit. But, will make as efficient use of my available space as possible. I hope to always have 5 seeds sprouting, 5 plants vegging, and 5 plants flowering at any given time. This should also allow me to keep 5 plants worth of buds drying in the drying area. Since they dry faster then they grow, I should never run out of space. I hope that's the way it will work anyway. I just can't decide how long to veg and how long to grow in the clone box. Since timing will be what makes everything work out properly.
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Thanks guys ...... i worked on the box a little more today. Got the doors hung and put up rails for the drying racks to sit on. Not a whole lot left to do. I moved all my clones and seeds into the new box. I shut down the old clone box for good. Now I just need a filter, fan, ballast and light. I still need to paint the whole thing white and put handles on the doors.
I'm not worried about the RH in the drying racks. If it gets to high, I can eithe put a small heater in there, or just stick a second fan/filter in the vegging area. I'll run it for a while first and see what it does.
I'm not worried about the RH in the drying racks. If it gets to high, I can eithe put a small heater in there, or just stick a second fan/filter in the vegging area. I'll run it for a while first and see what it does.
Everything is looking good for sure.
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Whatcha been up too Wiz ..... haven't seen you around much lately. Too busy eatin turkey ..... LOL.
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Spent all day yesterday working on the new box. So far, it's come out as well ... if not better than I expected. I got all the rails and drawers finished for the drying rack. I also put some doors on it. That light leak on the door will go away once I put some weather stripping around the doors. I still need to put on door handles, paint it white, put in ventilation and add a light and ballast. But, gotta wait till payday.
Here's the drying area ................
The drying racks are removeable .............
And lastly .... here's my new Querkle babies. They all popped by Sunday. The first two to pop are already showing the second set of leaves.
That's it for now. Nothing new to tell. I put all my trim into the drying rack since it was smelling like cut grass. It's all dry ..... but it stinks like hay. So, I'll just let it sit and dry for a week or so. I'm just going to make RSO from it anyway.
Here's the drying area ................
The drying racks are removeable .............
And lastly .... here's my new Querkle babies. They all popped by Sunday. The first two to pop are already showing the second set of leaves.
That's it for now. Nothing new to tell. I put all my trim into the drying rack since it was smelling like cut grass. It's all dry ..... but it stinks like hay. So, I'll just let it sit and dry for a week or so. I'm just going to make RSO from it anyway.
Right on Mutt!
motivated..
love it!
And congrats on the bean poppage!!
motivated..
love it!
And congrats on the bean poppage!!
geturgrowon
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wow man u have been busy cant wait to see the Querkle to get started and the cab is great i want one !
Just busy with work and my girl wants me to spend more time with her lol She says im always worring about my plants and work. We both work alot so we really only see each other not even 18hrs broken down threw the week. So yea she on edge about that
But I always say........
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Lol ....... ...... LoL That's funny Wiz. Sometimes I feel the same way. The other day when I mentioned expanding and building a new box, I was deffinitely not her favorite person. But, when I explained that it would get rid of all the smell from drying, she bought into it.
Thanks Vick and Geturgrowon.
It's not that expensive to build these boxes. The first box (the big flowering box) only cost me about 100 bucks to build. I used 1/2 plywood instead of OSB. It's stronger and I think the OSB is kind of toxic with all the glue and what not. The second box with the drying rack only cost me about 160 bucks. It cost more because of the shelves and extra sheet of plywood to make the room divider. So basically 250 bucks for the two boxes. You can't buy a cheap tent for that price. Each box is 72 cubic feet. I actaully have slightly more room than I need. Since I only plan to grow 15 plants at a time. So, no need to expand in the future. And, if I move (renting right now) all I have to do is unplug the boxes. Put them in my pickup and take them to the new place and plug them back in. No tear down, no room building and all that. All I need is a normal outlet for each box and a garden hose to water them.
...... LoL That's funny Wiz. Sometimes I feel the same way. The other day when I mentioned expanding and building a new box, I was deffinitely not her favorite person. But, when I explained that it would get rid of all the smell from drying, she bought into it.Thanks Vick and Geturgrowon.
It's not that expensive to build these boxes. The first box (the big flowering box) only cost me about 100 bucks to build. I used 1/2 plywood instead of OSB. It's stronger and I think the OSB is kind of toxic with all the glue and what not. The second box with the drying rack only cost me about 160 bucks. It cost more because of the shelves and extra sheet of plywood to make the room divider. So basically 250 bucks for the two boxes. You can't buy a cheap tent for that price. Each box is 72 cubic feet. I actaully have slightly more room than I need. Since I only plan to grow 15 plants at a time. So, no need to expand in the future. And, if I move (renting right now) all I have to do is unplug the boxes. Put them in my pickup and take them to the new place and plug them back in. No tear down, no room building and all that. All I need is a normal outlet for each box and a garden hose to water them.
Smrt..
iSmokes
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Very nice cab muttt, you're quite the handy man
geturgrowon
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what he /she said sorry ismoke cant tell if ur a male or female anyways i know it doesnt cost that much to built a cab but im to lazy and it would be eaier for u to built one for me lol
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